The administration of Abia State has declared its intention to open tuition-free schools in each of the state’s three senatorial zones in order to provide training for the state’s shortage of artisans.
Abia State Governor Dr Alex Otti
The state commissioner for information and culture, Prince Okey Kanu, briefed reporters on Monday night in Abia about the results of the week’s executive council meeting, which was presided over by the governor of the state, Alex Otti.
He said that the residential one-year program will include classes on solar power installation and maintenance, Point of Presence (PoP), painting, masonry, and tiling, among other topics.
Declaring that the graduates will be endowed with monies, he added that this was in keeping with the state government’s goal of guaranteeing the plenty of craftsmen in the state rather than importing them from outside.
He went on, “Artists have been absent in Abia for a time. Therefore, the state administration seeks to address the state’s skilled labor deficit.
The commissioner took use of the occasion to announce that the Geometric Power Plant in Aba has been receiving gas supplies since Saturday. This is in anticipation of the plant’s upcoming commissioning this coming weekend, and the gas supply originates from Owazza.
Additionally, he revealed that the state government has a strong stance against cars driving in the wrong direction, or what is known as “one way” in any part of the state. He claimed that the state government sees this as “serious indiscipline” and is taking “a measure in stamping out the impunity” to ensure that things are done correctly.
“The government regards it as a serious offense and is establishing a taskforce in that regard,” he continued.
The state government is still looking into the cause of the contamination of the Aro Ajatakiri stream, according to Commissioner for the Environment Philemon Asonye Ogbonna, who also spoke. He revealed that certain Umuahia companies are being investigated for their waste disposal practices and promised that the state government would soon release the results of its investigation.
Prince Kanu, the Commissioner for Information and Culture, stated, “I am not aware of any such issue,” adding that the state administration has not yet received any released grains as indicated by the federal government.
